Mary Ruth Wilkinson
Sessional Lecturer, Regent College
BA (Wheaton), MA (University of Illinois)
Mary-Ruth has been married to
Loren Wilkinson, Regent College faculty member, since 1965. They organized and taught their first Christian “environmental studies” program at Seattle Pacific in 1974. In 1981 they came to Regent College, and in 1988 they moved to a community-owned farm on Galiano Island, where they have lived ever since. They have written together the book
Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard. Loren and Mary-Ruth have two grown children and three grandchildren. They divide their time between teaching at Regent and taking care of chickens, their dog Mossy, and a big garden.